Method for well re-stimulation with hydraulic fracture treatments
US11846172B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 19, 2021 |
| Grant date | Dec 19, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 29, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V2210/1234
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A method for fracking a well to reorient vertical fractures into horizontal fractures throughout a target reservoir, including target reservoirs having multiple thin heterogeneous target production zones. The method involves sequentially fracking and injecting proppant at periodic vertical intervals, while monitoring in real time, at least until a dip of an adjacent hydraulic fracture has rotated to a horizontal orientation.
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